#CC3942#CC3942

#CC3942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.183 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC3942
RGB	rgb(204, 57, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 57.75, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 64.84, 27.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1698 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.183 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3513, 16.1610, 6.8324)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC3942 #39CCC3

analogous

#CC398B #CC3942 #CC7939

triadic

#CC3942 #42CC39 #3942CC

tetradic

#CC3942 #8BCC39 #39CCC3 #7939CC

square

#CC3942 #8BCC39 #39CCC3 #7939CC

split-complementary

#CC3942 #39CC79 #398BCC

monochromatic

#6E1C21 #9F2930 #CC3942 #D96A70 #E59A9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#CC3942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#CC3942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CC3942

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC3942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CC3942	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc3942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 57, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.183 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e47a76',
    500: '#cc3942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc3942;
$custom-light: #e47a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc3942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.327,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56707,
    "c": 0.18324,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC3942

secondary

#90D1CD

accent

#E2D946

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FEEEED

border

#D6C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC3942

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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